Team news:
Team news from Valley Parade

Goalkeeper Robbin Ruiter starts for Sunderland today as the Black Cats take on Bradford City at Valley Parade. 

The trialist will be protected by a back four of Donald Love, Billy Jones, Ty Browning and Lamine Kone, as Lee Cattermole and Didier Ndong are tasked with dictating the play. 

New signing James Vaughan leads the line alongside Josh Maja who will be hoping to catch the eye once again.

And there’s also starts for Wahbi Khazri and Jeremain Lens who have also been amongst the goals this pre-season.

Sunderland: Ruiter, Love, Jones, Browning, Kone, Cattermole, Ndong, Khazri, Lens, Maja, Vaughan.

Substitutes: Djilobodji, O’Shea, Gibson, Honeyman, Asoro, Matthews, Embleton.